diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/eswitch_offloads_termtbl.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/eswitch_offloads_termtbl.c
index ee568bf34ae2..108a3503f413 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/eswitch_offloads_termtbl.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/eswitch_offloads_termtbl.c
@@ -30,9 +30,9 @@ mlx5_eswitch_termtbl_hash(struct mlx5_flow_act *flow_act,
 		     sizeof(dest->vport.num), hash);
 	hash = jhash((const void *)&dest->vport.vhca_id,
 		     sizeof(dest->vport.num), hash);
-	if (dest->vport.pkt_reformat)
-		hash = jhash(dest->vport.pkt_reformat,
-			     sizeof(*dest->vport.pkt_reformat),
+	if (flow_act->pkt_reformat)
+		hash = jhash(flow_act->pkt_reformat,
+			     sizeof(*flow_act->pkt_reformat),
 			     hash);
 	return hash;
 }
@@ -53,9 +53,11 @@ mlx5_eswitch_termtbl_cmp(struct mlx5_flow_act *flow_act1,
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
-	return dest1->vport.pkt_reformat && dest2->vport.pkt_reformat ?
-	       memcmp(dest1->vport.pkt_reformat, dest2->vport.pkt_reformat,
-		      sizeof(*dest1->vport.pkt_reformat)) : 0;
+	if (flow_act1->pkt_reformat && flow_act2->pkt_reformat)
+		return memcmp(flow_act1->pkt_reformat, flow_act2->pkt_reformat,
+			      sizeof(*flow_act1->pkt_reformat));
+
+	return !(flow_act1->pkt_reformat == flow_act2->pkt_reformat);
 }
 
 static int